Are these Safe Crackers?
- Thread starter RevHtree
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ficklefins
New member
I vote yes on those being very similar (if not) safe cracker zoas.
In my opinion, there are so many variations to each zoa that it really depends on your lighting and ability to take photos.
Safe crackers under 10k vs 20k lighting. PC vs MH vs VHO vs T5.
I vote yes.
In my opinion, there are so many variations to each zoa that it really depends on your lighting and ability to take photos.
Safe crackers under 10k vs 20k lighting. PC vs MH vs VHO vs T5.
I vote yes.
ReefLife1680
New member
what he said. LOL
CoralNutz
In Memoriam
I have to vote not safecrackers. If you look at these other pictures of "safecrackers" you will see that the mouth is actually dark, and then a red ring...
http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=pnGallery2&func=main&g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=49
The ones posted above have a solid red mouth and then a black ring, then the frills. Don't get me wrong, have some just like those and think they are great, But I think the safecrackers are different.
JMO....
http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=pnGallery2&func=main&g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=49
The ones posted above have a solid red mouth and then a black ring, then the frills. Don't get me wrong, have some just like those and think they are great, But I think the safecrackers are different.
JMO....
Reef Junkie
Premium Member
Hard to tell, but they are definitely fine.
ficklefins
New member
I did notice a hint of blue in the zoas mouth posted above, but that may just be lighting or shadowing. But the pics on zoaid are so, (for a lack of better term), more detailed so you may have a hard time designating other pics as safecrackers. A better pic may help to distinguish these zoas, but.....
Another issue that I didn't notice before is that safecrackers may have red skirts? Do they have red skirts or is that just me?
Another issue that I didn't notice before is that safecrackers may have red skirts? Do they have red skirts or is that just me?
how close do they look to these?
http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=pnGallery2&func=main&g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=781
http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=pnGallery2&func=main&g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=781
RevHtree
Active member
Oh also if you look at the last pic to the right the ones I posted earlier looks very similar.
http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=pnGallery2&func=main&g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=49
http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=pnGallery2&func=main&g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=49
CoralNutz
In Memoriam
IMO, the ones you just got in the last pic you posted look different than the first pic you posted. The mouth is the thing I am looking at... IMO the color of the skirt isn't that big of an issue but more the pattern. On your first picture the mouth is the same color as the rest of the oral disc. (at least it looks like that in the pic) The second ones you posted look like they have the dark mouth and then a wide red ring aound that...
JMO
JMO
Jovreefer
New member
Personaly I think its the camra playing tricks making you think there is dark centers. Look at the polyps on the edge that are showing more from a side angle... no dark centers. Also the fact that he thinks his woutout dark centers looks like those tells me those dont have dark centers
If RevH could get a pic of his frag he got up close we could know for sure.
Maybe I just judge zoa's much to tough :/ but I always look at the whole colony, rocks around it and any fish or hands to see what lighting...any photoshopping or light tricks someone could be doing.
If RevH could get a pic of his frag he got up close we could know for sure.
Maybe I just judge zoa's much to tough :/ but I always look at the whole colony, rocks around it and any fish or hands to see what lighting...any photoshopping or light tricks someone could be doing.
